UK Government Backs £20 Billion Sizewell C Nuclear Plant and Says Chinese Company Not Involved

Undated image of protesters from the Stop Sizewell C and Together Against Sizewell C campaign groups outside EDF's Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk. PA

Business secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed a Chinese company is “no longer involved” in plans for a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C, in Suffolk on the east coast of England.

Shapps made the announcement on Tuesday as he confirmed the government was giving the go-ahead to the £20 billion ($24 billion) project—which the Treasury will invest £700 million ($840 million) in—subject to consultation and planning permission being granted.